In the bug report that you mentioned yourself, people suggest to use another mountpoint than one inside /media. This folder may get treated in a special way by Ubuntu, and some automount mechanism may mount it even though your /etc/fstab says otherwise. Suggestion: move the mountpoint to somewhere else (/mnt/windowsHDD or whatever) and try again. Don't forget to create the directory that you specify as mount point.
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Malte SkoruppaFeb 16 '14 at 12:00

@MalteSkoruppa I tried changing the mountpoint to /mnt/windowsHDD. I forgot to create the directory (and I don't want it to automount anyway), but upon restart it was created and mounted there.
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SparhawkFeb 18 '14 at 5:55

@Jobin commenting out the entire line results in automatic mounting at /media/sparhawk/windowsHDD. Oddly enough, when I do specify the location to mount in fstab, the files are marked green with ls -l. However, when I comment everything out, they are just a normal colour.
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SparhawkFeb 18 '14 at 5:57

Instead of noauto, what if the line is commented?
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i08inFeb 16 '14 at 10:18

@Mitch Are you saying to add that line to fstab? Your second and third sentences suggest to run it as a command. Also, it seems like it's essentially identical to my original line, except it's ext4 when my disk is really ntfs. I want to be able to mount it at the listed location if needed, just not automatically.
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SparhawkFeb 16 '14 at 10:22